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Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant
Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant as seen from Humboldt Hill
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CountryUnited States
LocationHumboldt County, near Eureka, California
Coordinates40°44′28.76″N 124°12′32.56″W / 40.7413222°N 124.2090444°W / 40.7413222; -124.2090444
StatusDecommissioned
Construction beganUnit 3: November 10, 1960 (1960-11-10)
Commission dateUnit 3: August 1963
Decommission dateUnit 3: September 30, 2020 (2020-09-30)
Owner(s)Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Operator(s)Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Nuclear power station
Reactors1
Reactor typeBWR
Reactor supplierGeneral Electric
Cooling sourcePacific Ocean
Thermal capacity220 MWth[1]
Power generation
Units decommissioned1 x 65 MW
External links
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The Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 was a 63 MWe nuclear boiling water reactor, owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company that operated from August 1963 to July 1976 just south of Eureka, California.

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